Oregon Law
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179.010Definitions 179.020[Repealed by 1969 c.199 §59] 179.030[Amended by 1961 c.271 §1; repealed by 1969 c.199 §59] 179.040General powers and duties; rules 179.045Reports on convictions; forms; confidentiality 179.050Authority to hold property 179.055Disposition of income from property; maintenance of property 179.060[Repealed by 1969 c.597 §281] 179.065Furnishing utilities for institutions 179.070[Repealed by 1969 c.199 §59] 179.080[Repealed by 1969 c.199 §59] 179.090[Amended by 1965 c.476 §9; 1967 c.2 §1; repealed by 1969 c.199 §59] 179.100[Repealed by 1969 c.199 §59] 179.105Acceptance of federal or other assistance to carry out general powers and duties; legislative oversight of expenditures 179.110Use of federal grants; cooperation with federal agencies; disposition of balances of appropriations 179.115[1957 c.602 §2; repealed by 1969 c.199 §59] 179.120[Amended by 1961 c.651 §2; repealed by 1967 c.55 §2] 179.122[1959 c.290 §13; 1965 c.616 §87; renumbered 423.070] 179.130Institutional petty cash fund; creation; reimbursement from appropriation for institution 179.140Auditing and paying claims; approval of vouchers 179.150Interest in contracts prohibited 179.160[1955 c.242 §1; subsection (2) enacted as 1961 c.652 §2 (3); 1969 c.597 §25; 1971 c.615 §13; 1981 c.106 §11; repealed by 1983 c.599 §10] 179.210Claim for injury or damage; conditions 179.220[1965 c.476 §4; 1969 c.597 §30; repealed by 1995 c.452 §5] 179.230Rejection of claim final and not reviewable 179.240Procedure where award due person owing debt to state 179.250[1965 c.476 §7; 1969 c.597 §32; repealed by 1995 c.452 §5] 179.310“Superintendent” defined 179.320[Amended by 1955 c.651 §2; 1955 c.660 §25; 1959 c.588 §17; 1963 c.632 §5; repealed by 1965 c.616 §78 (179.321 enacted in lieu of 179.320)] 179.321Responsibility to supervise state institutions 179.323[1967 c.346 §§1,2; repealed by 1969 c.199 §59] 179.325Change in use of institution for persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness 179.330[Amended by 1963 c.471 §1; repealed by 1965 c.616 §80 (179.331 enacted in lieu of 179.330)] 179.331Appointment, suspension and removal of superintendents 179.340Salaries and expenses of superintendents 179.350[Amended by 1969 c.597 §28; repealed by 1987 c.320 §246] 179.360Powers and duties of superintendents 179.370Residence of superintendents at institutions 179.375Chaplaincy services 179.380Employment of staff; oaths and bonds 179.385Scholarship programs to train personnel for institutions; rules 179.390Appointment, suspension, removal and salaries of assistants, officers and employees; contract services 179.400Rentals to officers and employees at institution 179.405License required for teachers at institution 179.410[Repealed by 1969 c.597 §281] 179.420[Repealed by 1969 c.597 §281] 179.430[Repealed by 1969 c.597 §281] 179.440Work in production of articles and performance of labor for state 179.450Work on state-owned land 179.460Sale and exchange of surplus products of institutions; rules; State Institutional Betterment Fund 179.470[Repealed by 1969 c.597 §281] 179.471Definitions for ORS 179.473 and 179.478 179.473Transfers between institutions; rules 179.474[1957 c.160 §1; repealed by 1965 c.616 §83 (179.473 enacted in lieu of 179.474)] 179.475[1977 c.601 §3; 1987 c.320 §127; 1999 c.110 §3; repealed by 2005 c.439 §5] 179.476[1957 c.160 §2; 1965 c.616 §85; 1969 c.597 §41; 1975 c.662 §2; repealed by 1977 c.601 §8] 179.477[1977 c.601 §4; 1979 c.408 §6; 1985 c.242 §6; 1987 c.320 §128; 1999 c.110 §4; 2001 c.104 §59; repealed by 2005 c.439 §5] 179.478Examination for intellectual disability; commitment hearing; transfer to facility for persons with intellectual disability; termination of sentence 179.479Conveyance of adults in custody from institution to physician or hospital for treatment; rules 179.480[Amended by 1955 c.86 §1; repealed by 1957 c.160 §6] 179.483Time spent pursuant to transfer or conveyance counted as part of sentence 179.485Rights of person transferred to institution for persons with mental illness or intellectual disabilities 179.486Payment of costs in connection with transfers and conveyances; medical reports to accompany certain inmates 179.490Authorization and payment of cost of emergency and necessary operations 179.492Dispensing of brand-name mental health drugs 179.495Disclosure of written accounts of adult in custody; penalty 179.500[Repealed by 1969 c.597 §281] 179.505Disclosure of written accounts by health care services provider 179.507Enforcement of ORS 179.495 and 179.505; actions; venue; damages 179.508Disclosure of individually identifiable health information about adult in custody 179.509Reports on deaths at institutions; compilation submitted to President and Speaker 179.510“Funds” defined; deposit of funds of institution residents with State Treasurer 179.520Authorization to receive funds of institution residents; separate accounts 179.530Disbursements from accounts; accountability 179.540[Formerly 120.210; 1993 c.98 §11; repealed by 1997 c.87 §1] 179.545[Formerly 120.220; repealed by 1997 c.87 §1] 179.550[Formerly 120.230; repealed by 1997 c.87 §1] 179.560Members; appointment; terms; meetings 179.570Powers and duties of board; report to legislature 179.580Ad hoc committees 179.610Definitions for ORS 179.610 to 179.770 179.620Liability of person or estate for cost of care 179.630[1959 c.652 §3 (1); 1963 c.598 §1; 1967 c.549 §3; repealed by 1973 c.546 §13] 179.635[1969 c.257 §§2,3,4,5; 1971 c.750 §3; repealed by 1973 c.546 §13 and 1973 c.806 §2a; amended by 1973 c.827 §22] 179.640Determination of ability to pay; rules; financial information; notice; order; hearing; appeal 179.643[1969 c.257 §8; 1973 c.546 §4; repealed by 1989 c.348 §16] 179.645[1967 c.534 §32; repealed by 1973 c.806 §14] 179.650[1959 c.652 §5; 1967 c.549 §5; 1969 c.591 §295; 1973 c.546 §5; 1973 c.806 §5a; repealed by 1989 c.348 §16] 179.653Unpaid costs as lien on property; order; when appealable 179.655Enforcement of lien; distraint warrant 179.660Guardian or conservator for estate of person in institution 179.670[1959 c.652 §7; 1969 c.591 §296; 1973 c.546 §6; repealed by 1973 c.806 §14] 179.680[1959 c.652 §8; 1967 c.549 §6; 1973 c.546 §7; repealed by 1973 c.806 §14] 179.690[1959 c.652 §9; repealed by 1973 c.546 §13] 179.700[1959 c.652 §10; 1961 c.639 §1; 1965 c.182 §1; repealed by 1967 c.549 §1 (179.701 enacted in lieu of 179.700)] 179.701Determination of cost-of-care rates 179.710[1955 c.5 §1; renumbered 179.510] 179.711Remittance of amounts due; refunds 179.720[1955 c.5 §2; renumbered 179.520] 179.721[1959 c.652 §13; 1973 c.546 §9; repealed by 1989 c.348 §16] 179.730[1955 c.5 §3; renumbered 179.530] 179.731Waiver of collection of amount payable 179.740Collection from estates; settlement 179.745Title to and transfer of property 179.750Equal care and services for persons in state institutions 179.760[1959 c.652 §15; repealed by 1973 c.546 §13] 179.770Rules; employees

Chapter 179 — Administration of State Institutions

ORS 179.460 Sale and exchange of surplus products of institutions; rules; State Institutional Betterment Fund

(1)

In order to encourage industry and thereby increase productiveness in the institutions, the Department of Corrections and the Oregon Health Authority shall prescribe rules and regulations for the sale and exchange of surplus products of each.

(2)

The funds derived from the sale of the surplus products shall be paid into the State Treasury and become a part of a fund to be known as the State Institutional Betterment Fund, which fund shall be expended by the agencies, respectively, for the benefit of the institutions in proportion to the amount earned by each.

(3)

The provisions of this section apply to the school operated under ORS 346.010.

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